Well I’ll Be Damned: Kathy Hilton Confuses Lizzo For Precious Actress Gabourey Sidibe On Watch What Happens Live

Spoiler: Black Twitter was not having this ish from Kathy Hilton.

On Wednesdayโ€™s episode of Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kathy Hilton had quite the cringeworthy moment. Host Andy Cohen played a game of โ€œWill Kathy Know Them?โ€ with her and cast mate Crystal Kung Minkoff. It immediately went downhill.

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When a photo of Lizzo flashed on the screen, Hilton was asked if she knew which celebrity it was. โ€œI feel like I do,โ€ she replied before taking a guess. โ€œPrecious?โ€

Hilton mistook the โ€œAbout Damn Timeโ€ singer for Gabourey Sidibe, the actress who portrayed the fictional character in the 2009 film Precious. When Cohen and Kung Minkoff burst into laughter at Hiltonโ€™s โ€œmistake,โ€ she tried to do damage control by stating: โ€œThatโ€™s what I call her! Her nickname is Precious to me.โ€

You really canโ€™t expect much from out of touch white celebrities, but this mixup was especially painful. Both Lizzo and Sidibe are plus-size Black womenโ€”thatโ€™s literally all they have in common. It didnโ€™t take long for Black Twitter to express their disgust.

https://twitter.com/TheKalenAllen/status/1557675700831780864

One user remarked:

When Precious came out, a lot of people used the characterโ€™s name as a derogatory label to fuel their fatphobia and to bully. So no, I donโ€™t think that itโ€™s funny that Lizzo, home minding her own business, had to watch herself be called Precious in front of millions on live tv.

Hilton tried to explain her confusion by stating: โ€œThe screen was so far away and my vision is terrible,โ€ she said on the Queens of Bravo fan account. โ€œI couldnโ€™t even make out who Justin Timberlake or Melissa Etheridge was.โ€

This error plays into the โ€œall Black people look alikeโ€ stereotype. Of courseโ€”this isnโ€™t the first time a housewife from the franchise has been accused of racism.

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